Word: strephosymbolia
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Dates: during 1967-1967
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Already, Dean Ford said, the Ad Board is "very lax" in enforcing the letter of the language requirement which recognizes only strephosymbolia--a physical learning disorder--as justification for exemption...
...most one can reasonably hope for is a modification that would exempt those students who have great difficulty learning any language. At present, only a student which strephosymbolia, a rare disease which makes it impossible to learn foreign languages, can be excused from the requirement...
...courses" unless he decides to begin at the beginning and can't make 560 on the Proficiency Test which is given as part of the Final Examination every semester. In this case, two full years of "exposure" will get him off the hook -- unless he (or his doctor) has strephosymbolia. Jack M. Stein Chairman
...real possibility" that it will want to make the requirement easier. At present, the only way out is a medical excuse. About only way out is a medical excuse. About 50 students in the College are exempt because University Health Service doctors have verified that they have strephosymbolia, a rare disease which makes it impossible to learn foreign languages...
Monro said he favors exempting students who have a very difficult time with languages even if the doctors find no evidence of strephosymbolia. When a student tries hard with no success, the testimony of the teacher or the senior tutor should suffice, he said...